Article source: MAD Architects 

The “Quzhou Sports Campus” designed by MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has just broken ground in the historic city of Quzhou, in China’s eastern coastal province of Zhejiang. Spanning almost 700,000 square meters, the first and second phase have a total construction area of approximately 340,000 square meters, and include a stadium (30,000 seats), gymnasium (10,000 seats), natatorium (2,000 seats), national sports complex, outdoor sports venue, science & technology museum, hotel accommodations, youth centre and retail programs. MAD’s design embeds the functions of the sports park within natural forms, creating an earth-art landscape in the center of the city – a poetic landscape that falls somewhere between that of Earth and Mars. “We dream not only of creating an urban space about sports and ecology, but also turning it into a unique land art park for the world, establishing a relationship between the city’s heritage and history of Shanshui culture,” says Ma Yansong.

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• Architects: MAD Architects
• Project: Quzhou Sports Campus
• Location: Quzhou, China
  
• Client: Quzhou West District Development Committee
• Principal Partners in Charge: MA Yansong, DANG Qun, Yosuke Hayano
• Associate Partners in Charge: LIU Huiying, Kin Li, FU Changrui
• Design Team: XU Chen, LI Guangchong, Iting Lien, LI Cunhao, LIU Hailun, LI Hui, MA Yin, Kyung Eun Na, Alessandro Fisalli, KANG Wenzhao, Thoufeeq Ahmed, ZHOU Haimeng, Neeraj Mahajan, ZHANG Yufei
• Executive Architect: CCDI Group
• Landscape Architect: PWP Landscape Architecture
• Structural Engineer: Schlaich Bergermann Partner

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